While Justin Trudeau and the Liberals will head back to Parliament for a second consecutive term, the Conservative Party, unsurprisingly, mostly swept Alberta during the Oct. 21 federal election. The sea of blue stretched across the province, including the Lakeland riding where Shannon Stubbs was re-elected as a Member of Parliament.
“I’m very grateful and very honoured that the people of Lakeland have put their trust and their confidence in me a second time to go back to Ottawa, and to keep fighting for our values and our priorities and issues that are important to our communities,” Stubbs said, speaking with the Journal Monday night.
Stubbs won with 7,689 votes from a total of 9,541 votes cast.
“The fight for all the contributions that Alberta and western Canada make to the whole country has actually never been more important than it is now,” said Stubbs, who was in Two Hills as results came in on Monday night.
NDP candidate Jeffrey Swanson gained 504 votes, Liberal candidate Mark Watson won 352, while the People's Party of Canada candidate Alain Houle, got 268.
Stubbs beat six candidates to represent the riding in eastern Alberta, and is a native of the riding. She will take her experience of working in both the private and public sectors at the federal and provincial levels back to Ottawa with her.
“We’ve sent a very strong message to Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, and I know that my marching orders from the people of Lakeland are to work hard and fight for them,” said Stubbs.
The Conservative re-elect will fight for pipelines, oil and gas jobs, agriculture issues/farmers, getting rid of the carbon tax and reducing taxes.
Other candidates in the riding included the Green Party’s Kira Brunner, Libertarian Robert George McFadzean and Veterans Coalition Party of Canada’s Roberta Marie Graham.
